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At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Luke 2:25 -26 NLT It’s those who are looking that invariably and inevitably see Jesus.  That day the Spirit led him to the Temple. So wh...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! ---- SUNDAY'S NOTES ---- But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Micah 5:2 ESV Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, w...

I'm glad in God, far happier than you would ever guess, happy that you're again showing such strong concern for me. Not that you ever quit praying and thinking about me. You just had no chance to show it. Actually, I don't have a sense of needing anything personally. I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with lit...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! ---- SUNDAY'S NOTES ---- Special Guest Pastor Craig Johnson - Lakewood Church “Who Told You That” Some of us are living with shame that God never put on us. You have to believe what God says about you. I DECLARE that God has a great plan for my life. He is directing my steps. And even though I may not always understand how, I kn...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! ---- SUNDAY'S NOTES ---- As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! ---- SUNDAY'S NOTES ---- Prioritizing strategic connections is crucial to God’s work and will being accomplished in your life. Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Proverbs 13:20 ESV Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too impo...

Church, where you belong! You are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19 NKJV The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Sp...

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: “Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.” Haggai 1:1-2 ESV Now is always the...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! ----- ---- SUNDAY'S NOTES ---- Mark 4:41 What manner of man is this? IT’S BETTER TO GO THROUGH A STORM WITH JESUS THAN TO GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT HIM! 2nd take away: JESUS WILL MEET TO WHERE YOU ARE. YOU ARE NOT SO FAR AWAY FROM JESUS THAT HE CAN’T AND WON’T COME AND FIND YOU. NO SIN SO GREAT. NO DEED SO TERRIBLE, NO ATTITUDE SO...

Jesus led the way in laying down His life daily for us and others.  If you’re unwilling to give something up for God, I’m not sure how well you know Jesus. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of m...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! ----- ---- SUNDAY'S NOTES ---- Daily and deeply knowing (following) Jesus is the only way to become who He made you to be. You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, and the Father will give you whatever you ask for, in my name. John 15:16 NLT  The life you have is a gift from God, and th...

📝 TODAY’S TAKEAWAYS: Daily and deeply knowing (following) Jesus is the only way to become who He made you to be. The life you have is a gift from God, and the life you have should be lived for Him Influence is a space that requires wise stewardship. A role model doesn’t just show the way, they lead the way. Your devotional life will determine your emotional life. The devotional life isn’t proof,...

Later on, in the third year of the drought, the LORD said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab. Tell him that I will soon send rain!” So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. 1 Kings 18:1-2 NLT So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come, and Ahab went out to meet Elijah. When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?” “I have made no trouble for...

Then Jesus entered and walked through Jericho. There was a man there, his name Zacchaeus, the head tax man and quite rich. 3He wanted desperately to see Jesus, but the crowd was in his way, he was a short man and couldn’t see over the crowd. 4So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus when he came by. 5When Jesus got to the tree, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, h...

Sunday's Notes- Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel lives, the God I serve, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!” I Kings 17:1 NLT Then the LORD said to Elijah, “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River. Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring y...

The path is different but the value is the same NLT Exodus 14 Vs 10  As Pharaoh approached, the people of Israel looked up and panicked when they saw the Egyptians overtaking them. They cried out to the LORD,  11 and they said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren’t there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt?  1...

The Philistines now mustered their army for battle and camped between Socoh in Judah and Azekah at Ephes-dammim. Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah. So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them.  1 Samuel 17:1-3 NLT Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the...

One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes. She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, and they have come to tell you how to be saved.” This went on day after day until Paul got so exasperated that he t...

Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done. 2 Kings 18:1-3 NLT  Neither hurt nor heritage determine whether you’ll foll...

Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations, that’s what I had in mind for you.. Jeremiah 1:5 MSG If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. James 1:5 NLT The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mer...